Mountain

Sadlers Creek State Park

  6 miles | Anderson

Beginner’s level mountain biking trail that leads to beautiful lake views.   [Read more...]

Central SWU Biking Trails

  6 miles | Central

Fun, fast and flowing single track, great for the whole family! Machine made single track, built by one of the nation's premier trail builders. This park is open 7 days a week, 365 days a year, from sunrise to sunset.    [Read more...]

Fants Grove- Clemson Experimental Forest

  35 miles | Clemson

Fant's Grove is owned by Clemson University and is part of Clemson Experimental Forest (CEF).Here are multi-use trails for hiking, mountain bike and horseback riding. Trails go along Lake Hartwell, as well as scenic views of pastureland and trails through the deep woods. There are many points of interest throughout these trails, including a Moso Bamboo Site, Leyland Plantation, Ezekiel Pickens Home Site and various orchards.   [Read more...]

Issaqueena Lake- Clemson Experimental Forest

  7.8 miles | Clemson

This is moderately difficult out and back ride (7.8 miles) is close to the lake and offers some beautiful views. It is mostly single track that is relatively flat and fairly fast, although it does offer one challenge, a rideable rock slab near the lake. Add on Dalton Road Ridge or Figure Eight at Holly Springs Rides in the same area to increase your mileage.   [Read more...]

Issaqueena Trail System-Clemson Experimental Forest

  40 miles | Clemson

Mixed use trail with horses, hikers, runners, and bikers. Fast trail system with roots but not very technical. Interconnecting loops.   [Read more...]

Lake Whelchel Trail

  7.5 | Gaffney

Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail at Lake Whelchel is a 7.5 mile loop around the lake. Also part of the Carolina Thread Trail, families are welcome to hike, bike, and bring a pet. Trail is very easy and well groomed. No roots, rocks, or big hills. Good ride on a cyclocross bike.    [Read more...]

Cleveland Park

  3+ miles | Greenville

3 miles of paved walking and biking trails with 2 miles of single track located in a multi-use park beside the zoo.   [Read more...]

Lake Conestee Nature Park

  400 acres | Greenville

The park serves as the “southern hub” of the developing Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit Trail that connects Travelers Rest to Greenville. The park is open daily and there is no charge for entry. Current facilities include six miles of natural surface and six miles of paved surface trails, five trail heads with public parking, boardwalks in the wetlands, and a large wetlands observation deck.    [Read more...]

Paris Mountain State Park

  15 miles | Greenville

Mountain bikers and hikers share trails that showcase what the area has to offer. Be prepared to pay a user fee upon entry to the park. Note: no mountain bikes on Saturday.   [Read more...]

Riverbend Equestrian Park

  74 acres | Greenville

The natural-surface trails are open to mountain biking, along with hiking and horse-riding. Greenville   [Read more...]

Pleasant Ridge Park

  5 miles | Marietta

The Jorge Francisco Arango (JFA) trail is a 5.4 mile trail loop around Pleasant Ridge Park open to hikers and mountain bikers 7 days a week during park hours (8am-dusk). The JFA Trail is directional and rotates monthly – hikers and bikers travel in opposite directions.    [Read more...]

Town Creek Bike Park

  100 acres | Pickens

One of the premier off-road bicycling facilities in Upstate South Carolina, the nearly 100 acre park is located just one mile from historic downtown Pickens. Town Creek Bike Park hosts a number of exciting features, including: 4,000' FlowCoaster, berm turn wall rides, dirt jumps, earthen rollers, wooden rollers, raised half log trails, wooden banked turns, pump track and earthen bowl, single track, and an 8’ wide paved trail that provides a multi-use and ADA accessible path.   [Read more...]

Cottonwood Trail

  5+ miles | Spartanburg

This trail is very flat and follows along Lawson’s Fork creek. You can branch off to tackle the two elevation changes if you are looking for more of a challenge.    [Read more...]

Croft State Park

  16 miles | Spartanburg

The Southside Mountain Bike Trail System is some of the best biking in the state with all level of difficulty represented. Mountain bikers can ride on other trails in the park, but have to share the trails with horses. Southside is reserved for bikers and hikers only. Be prepared to pay a user fee upon entry to the park.   [Read more...]

Duncan Park

  6 miles | Spartanburg

Mountain biking in the middle of the city. Designed with a ski slope flow in mind. Easy downhill to challenging single track with the reward of Duncan Park lake at the end.   [Read more...]

Glenn Springs Passage of the Palmetto Trail

  7 miles | Spartanburg

Over 6 miles of mountain biking on the Palmetto Trail coming out of Croft State Park plus a 1.7 miles work around on the Bike Connector.    [Read more...]

Spartanburg Rides

  20+ miles | Spartanburg

Free downloadable and printable maps for road, mountain, and city rides in and around Spartanburg. Maps feature multiple routes and tidbits about what you’ll see along the way.    [Read more...]

USC Upstate Passage of the Palmetto Trail

  6 miles | Spartanburg

This passage of the Palmetto Trail begins on the campus of the University of South Carolina Upstate campus in Spartanburg and joins other trails as it dives into a wooded forest on the banks of the Lawson’s Fork Creek.   [Read more...]

Gateway Park

  15 acres | Travelers Rest

Gateway Park houses the Bike Skills Flow Park which offers mountain bikers a progression of trails with various challenges and terrains designed to introduce riders to the sport and sharpen their skills. It features a figure-eight track, pump, berm and jump track along with a cross-country track. There’s a kid’s loop that has some of the same features but designed for the young ones. Located right behind Sunrift Adventures, which rents mountain bikes, and beside the Swamp Rabbit Trail.   [Read more...]

Stumphouse Mountain Bike Park

  10+ miles | Walhalla

A state-of-the-art mountain biking facility and the only such recreational facility open to the public in the Upcountry. Phase 1 is 4 miles of trails in a series of loops. Phase 2 is an additional 6 miles that starts at one parking area and finishes at another. All 10 miles of flow trails are designed for beginner mountain biking with big berms, rollers, tables, rock gardens and more! The bike park can be accessed from trailheads at both ends of Stumphouse Passage, but the easiest access is via the parking lot for Issaqueena Falls.    [Read more...]